Conservation Group to Host Fundraiser Dinner in Hackensack

   07.30.12

Conservation Group to Host Fundraiser Dinner in Hackensack

The Deep Portage Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society will host its 23rd Annual Sportsmen’s Banquet on Thursday, August 30, 2012 at the Deep Portage Conservation Reserve, 2197 Nature Center Drive NW, Hackensack, MN  beginning with a social hour at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m.

According to Jerry Lamon, individual membership and dinner tickets are $60. There is also an optional family membership package for $95 which includes two dinners. Additional family dinners are available at $30 each. Banquet, Conservation and Sustaining sponsorship packages are also available at $275, $500 and $1,000 respectively.

And, in the spirit of the outdoors, youngsters under the age of 16 who recently took and passed a hunter education course and/or women who have participated in a recent Outdoors Women program, and can verify same; will receive a complimentary dinner ticket when accompanied by a paying adult.

Seating is limited and attendees are urged to make reservations early. Sponsorship tickets purchased before August 29th will be listed in the banquet program.

As is the custom at this event, the evening will feature a live and silent auction, games, drawings and door prizes; highlighted with the finest selection of quality firearms, artwork and collectable’s.

For more information and/or tickets contact Lamon at 218-947-3870 or by e-mail at: Jblamon@tds.net .

As with all RGS fundraiser’s, proceeds from this event will be used to restore and protect grouse and woodcock habitat.

Established in 1961, the Ruffed Grouse Society is the one international wildlife conservation organization dedicated to promoting conditions suitable for ruffed grouse, American woodcock and related wildlife to sustain our sport hunting tradition and outdoor heritage.

Information on RGS, its mission, management projects and membership can be found on the web at: www.ruffedgrousesociety.org.

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Established in 1961, the Ruffed Grouse Society is North America’s foremost conservation organization dedicated to preserving our sporting traditions by creating healthy forest habitat for ruffed grouse, American woodcock and other wildlife. RGS works with landowners and government agencies to develop critical habitat utilizing scientific management practices.

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